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Kimi Antonelli standing on his Mercedes in Mexico City with fists raised, under the words Drivers' title done, the double, with Mercedes 630 points to Ferrari 504 for the teams' title ahead of the Sao Paulo Grand Prix

Sao Paulo GP 2026 Preview: Interlagos Times, and the Fight for Second

Kimi Antonelli is already champion, but Interlagos can still settle the constructors' title, and five drivers are 40 points apart for second. Session times, what is at stake, and what Interlagos usually produces.

Bhavin Lathia· Nov 2, 2026

Poster reading 17th to first, Verstappen in 2024, every Interlagos race since 2010 measured, pole has won nine of fifteen and the exceptions include two of the drives of the era, with 9 of 15 races won from pole, 10th Hamilton's grid slot when he won in 2021, and 2 red flags since 2018.

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Every Sao Paulo and Brazilian Grand Prix winner since 2010, measured: pole usually wins at Interlagos, except when it really does not

Fifteen Formula 1 races have been held at Interlagos since 2010. Pole won nine of them. The other six include Max Verstappen's win from seventeenth in the rain in 2024 and Lewis Hamilton's from tenth in 2021. Every winner, grid slot and safety car, measured.

Bhavin Lathia· Sep 19, 2026